OpenAI says it found 948 local privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel.
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It says it used an upcoming cyber model to autonomously scan the latest Linux kernel as of “mid-October 2026.” OpenAI’s system also generated patches for the bugs, and it says a human researcher reviewed them. [Link: A thousand fewer paths to root | https://openai.com/index/a-thousand-fewer-paths-to-root/ | OpenAI]